A VIBRANT large-scale original musical theatre production – Dance Africa Dance – will showcase creative talent from throughout Africa, to be staged at the Playhouse Drama early in June ahead of travelling to Russia as part of the African support team for Cameroon during the Confederation Cup. Creative live-wire, Sifiso Mthethwa and his Vision Faces team have conceived of a 100 per cent original production which talks to the continent of Africa’s inherent love of soccer, dance and music as a unifier, and common thread among strangers.
He has cast a multi-national collaborative company of dancers and musicians from KZN, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Ghana. The production uses English as its central language, while incorporating Mother-tongue influences and themes from participating nations.
“Soccer unites Africa. As does music and dance. The culture of Africa is varied and manifold, consisting of a mixture of tribes, cultures, religions, languages and legacies that each have their own unique characteristics. We believe Dance Africa Dance will give Africa and the world the other picture of South Africa that our people and our government does not support xenophobia and this will show the world we are trying to unite Africa using sports and culture,” said Mthethwa.
Dance Africa Dance has been championed by COSUA – a pan-African organisation that mobilizes support for African teams in international football tournaments. Dance Africa Dance will premiere at the Playhouse Drama from 7 – 11 June. Booking is through Computicket.
